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Ordinary Time · All Souls: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed · Year A

Psalm 25:6, 7b, 17-18, 20-21 or 27:1, 4, 7, 8b, 9a, 13-14

November 2, 2026

The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons, Jean Fouquet
The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons, Jean Fouquet, c. 1452–1460The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Robert Lehman Collection)
Above Paris and Notre-Dame the hand of God reaches out of a swirl of heaven over a crowd of the faithful kneeling at prayer, while demons scatter across the sky.Guard my life, and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you … The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?Jean FouquetThe great French painter of the 1400s, court artist to Charles VII, who illuminated this leaf for the Hours of Étienne Chevalier.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Robert Lehman Collection)The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the largest art museums in the world.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Robert Lehman Collection)
Roman Lectionary
GospelMatt. 5:1-12aMt 5:1-12aAlt. GospelMatt. 11:25-30Mt 11:25-30 or25:31-46 orLuke 7:11-17Lk 7:11-17 or23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a or24:13-16, 28-35 orJohn 5:24-29Jn 5:24-29 or6:37-40, 6:51-59 or11:17-27, 11:32-45 or14:1-6
Second ReadingRom. 5:5-11Rom 5:5-11 or5:17-21Alt. 2nd ReadingRom. 6:3-9Rom 6:3-9 or8:14-23 or8:31b-35, 37-39 or14:7-9, 10c-12 or1 Cor. 15:20-281 Cor 15:20-28 or15:51-57 or2 Cor. 4:14-5:12 Cor 4:14-5:1 or5:1, 6-10 orPhil. 3:20-21Phil 3:20-21 or1 Thess. 4:13-181 Thes 4:13-18 or2 Tim. 2:8-132 Tm 2:8-13
First ReadingWis. 3:1-9Wis 3:1-9 or4:7-15Alt. 1st ReadingIsa. 25:6-9Is 25:6-9
Responsorial PsalmPs. 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6Alt. PsalmPs. 25:6, 7b, 17-18, 20-21Ps 25:6, 7b, 17-18, 20-21 or27:1, 4, 7, 8b, 9a, 13-14

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